Like its predecessor, the Nikon D5200 has this neat feature called HDR or High Dynamic Range. Basically, HDR is the ability to take multiple different exposure photos and stitches them together so the final image is properly exposed. Unlike D5200 , Nikon D3200 doesn’t have this ‘auto’ capability. So, D3200 shooters must take take several photos and stitches them manually using software (photoshop etc). D5200 users simply activate the HDR mode and the camera will take care the rest !
As you can see on above image , two photos with different exposure (under and overexposed) automatically combined to create one final properly exposed image. If you love nature or landscape photography or indoor , HDR is an essential feature.
The Nikon D5200 comes with higher effective megapixels, new EXPEED 3 engine for finest quality. It’s still to early to judge its performace. D5200 is just released and not many reviews are available right now. Here are some Nikon D5200 sample images and videos. Will be continually updated.. so if i miss anything, please inform me
The Nikon D5100 successor, Nikon D5200 has been announced. Nikon D5200 clearly improves some aspects of D5100 , make it an interesting choice for enthusiast photographer. Several of its biggest improvement are larger 24megapixels ( vs 16MP ) , 39 AF points ( compare to only 11 points on D5100 ) , 9 AF cross points and improvement of its continous shooting to 5 fps. Also, the D5200 now support 60 fps when recording video. People who love to create a slow-mo videos should love that feature.
The D5200 will be available in the market next month , in 3 fancy colors : black , red and bronze.
Key features extracted from the Press Release:
24.1-million pixels
EXPEED 3
new Nikon DX-format CMOS sensor
ISO 100 to ISO 6400 , boost up to 25600
full-HD 1920 x 1080 60i/50i
compatible with the Wireless Mobile Adapter WU-1a and the new Wireless Remote Controller WR-R10/WR-T10
The highly anticipated Nikon’s high-end DSLR is finally announced. The Nikon D800 , a FX format camera comes with highest 36 megapixels , new Expeed 3 processing engine and a large 91K RGB pixels that supports the much better Advanced Scene Recognition System.
Nikon D800 features
36 megapixels , FX full frame sensor
EXPEED 3 image processing engine
91K RGB pixels
ISO 50-25600
FullHD 1080 30p
Multi-area mode Full HD D-Movie for movie recording using one of two movie formats
water- and dust-resistant body
continous shooting 6fps with battery pack
51 focus point
A 3.2-inch, approximately 921k-dot LCD monitor
shutter life : 200,000 cycles
CompactFlash and SD dual memory card slots
support USB 3
Check our special Nikon D800 price monitoring page : here
After series of rumors and speculations, finally Nikon is unofficially announces the new pro DSLR camera, the Nikon D4. Overall, the Nikon D4 offer better HD Video features than what Canon offers while maintaining a powerfull still photo quality.
Key specs:
16.2 megapixels FX format CMOS sensor
51 AF point system
10 fps
Nikon’s EXPEED 3 image processing engine
new 91,000-pixel 3D color matrix meter
ISO range from 100 to a staggering 204,800
Advanced Multi-Cam 3500 AF autofocus system
ability to detect up to 16 human faces
dual card slots which have been optimized for the latest UDMA-7 Compact Flash™ cards, as well as the new XQD™ memory card
Advanced video features
Uncompressed HDMI out
Mic and audio jacks
Full 1080p in FX, DX and 2.7X crop modes
Full manual control of Exposure
Available February for $5999.95
Pre-Order
The Nikon D4 now available for pre-order at B&H, Adorama and Amazon
Nikon just released new firmware upgrades for Nikon D5100 and D7000. Lots of issues has been fixed especially in D7000. D5100′s memory issues and D7000′s random folder creation issue also included in the updates.
List of D5100 updates:
An error recognizing some memory cards has been addressed.
When Selective color from the retouch menu is performed on a picture taken with the image quality set to NEF (RAW)+JPEG and an image size of M or S, the edges of the image may not have changed color. This issue has been resolved.
When Metering was set to Matrix metering, the exposure mode set to M (Manual), and the HDR exposure differential set to Auto, the exposure differential was fixed at a value equivalent to 2 EV. This has been changed to enable automatic adjustment of exposure differential so that it is appropriate for the scene.
D7000 updates:
An error recognizing some memory cards has been addressed.
The following issues occurred when the mode dial was rotated from U1 or U2 to another shooting mode or from another shooting mode to U1 or U2 when the power was off or when the exposure meters are off (Auto meter-off). These issues were resolved.
- A new folder is sometimes created despite the fact that the current folder does not yet contain 999 files and none of the files are numbered “9999”.
- The number of remaining exposures may not be displayed as specified in the settings.
- The setting for Role played by card in Slot 2 may change between Overflow, Backup, and RAW Slot 1- JPEG Slot 2.
An issue where Battery info in the setup menu sometimes showed sufficient remaining charge even when the remaining charge for the AA batteries inserted in the MB-D11 battery pack was low has been resolved.
An issue where a saved photo may not have been displayed properly when a movie was displayed in playback mode while saving the photo has been resolved.
An issue where zoom in or zoom out may not have performed properly when the playback zoom in or playback zoom out button was pressed while in Live view has been resolved.
The message displayed when the internal memory of the Wireless Transmitter WT-4 is formatted from the Format transmitter’s memory under Device settings in Wireless transmitter of the camera’s setup menu was changed fromDone to Built-in memory formatted.
Download firmware update for D5100 : here
Download firmware update for D7000: here
B&H and Adorama still doesn’t have both cameras in-stock but i received a newsletter today from Adorama that Nikon J1 is available for order. Check B&H or Adorama
More Nikon D800 specifications rumors has leaked. Gathered from various sources , Nikon D800 specs:
36 megapixels sensor
4fps in full-frame mode , 6fps in DX crop mode ( with battery pack )
100% viewfinder coverage ( D700 only has 95% )
dual slot memory card , CF and SD card
support faster USB 3.0 ?
ISO 100 – 6400 , expandable to 25600. ISO 50 is the lowest
available in two different version: one with antialias filter and not
shutter life : 200K
Face Recognition
Regarding release date , digicame-info.com reveals that the camera will be announced on October 26th and ready for shipping on November 24th for 300.000 Yen ( around 3900 US$ ).
October 26th ?? wow, that’s only weeks away .. stay tune for more info
